New Year Honours 2005
Digby Marritt Jones
Knight Bachelor
Director General • Confederation of British Industry
“For services to Business.”
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New Year Honours 2005- Role at the time
- Director General, Confederation of British Industry
“For services to Business.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 24 times in the New Year Honours List 2005 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director General, Confederation of British Industry.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2005
Alan Jeffrey Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Automotive Industry.”
Andrew Paul Haines
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Medicine.”
Basil Spyridonos Markesinis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to international legal relations.”
Brian Howard Harrison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Scholarship.”
Clive John Bourne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
Clive William John Granger
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to economics.”
David Veness
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Police.”
Derek Wanless
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For public service.”
Desmond Rea
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Police.”
James Cressee Elphinstone Underwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Medicine.”
John Hartley Lawton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Ecological Science.”
John Stuart Vickers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For public service.”
Jonathan Michael
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the NHS.”
Mark John Spurgeon Allen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
Matthew Clive Pinsent
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Sport.”
Mervyn Kay Pedelty
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
Michael John Tomlinson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“for Hackney Schools.”
Peter James Ogden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Education.”
Richard John Staite
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Education.”
Robert Gerard Finch
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the City of London.”
Robert Rees Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to History.”
Robert Walker Kerslake
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Local Government.”
Roger Spencer Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Business and Training in Wales.”
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Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Andrew James Simpson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
“For services to Social Enterprise.”
Deborah Wosskow
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Hannah Bernard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and Access to Finance for Women.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Erica Maxwell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dungannon, County Tyrone
“For services to the Economy and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Isabella Cameron
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Isle of Uist, Western Isles
“For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist.”
Tina Barton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to Science and to Trade.”
Ronjon Nag
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Richard Scaife
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2005
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2005).
Published 30 December 2004.
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